Polybrominated diphenylethers and methoxylated tetrabromodiphenylethers in cetaceans from the Mediterranean Sea

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 542-550

  Pettersson, A ^a   Van Bavel, B ^a   Engwall, M ^a   Jimenez, B ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CETACEAN; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ETHER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CETACEA; IONIZATION; LIVER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEA POLLUTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTANT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; STENELLA COERULEOALBA; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

ANIMALS; CETACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ETHERS; LIVER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 8644288061     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-004-3200-4     Document Type: Article

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